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Is Withdrawing From Treaties the Nuclear Weapons Industry’s Business Plan?

February 14, 2023 Jonathan King

by Jonathan King Originally published in Truthout The United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) arming of the Ukrainian defense against Russia’s invasion has turned the legacy of the Cold War into a hot proxy war, intensifying the danger of an even more catastrophic […]

MAPA Endorses State Bills

February 13, 2023 Megan Lee

By Megan Lee In addition to the six state bills that Massachusetts Peace Action has introduced to the Massachusetts State Legislature, there are additional state bills that MAPA supports. Healthcare An Act Establishing Medicare for All (S.744/ H.1239) The bill aims to guarantee equitable healthcare […]

Why New US Military Bases in the Philippines Are a Bad Idea

February 7, 2023 Overseas Base Realignment and Closure Coalition

What Happened? On February 1, the governments of the United States and the Philippines announced the US military will have access to four new military bases in the Philippines as part of an “Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement” signed in 2014. Five bases that already host US troops […]

Commonwealth Peace & Justice Agenda

February 1, 2023 Megan Lee

2023 Commonwealth Peace and Justice Agenda The Massachusetts Peace & Justice Network has partnered with allied legislators to submit a set of bills to the Massachusetts state legislature concerning nuclear disarmament, transparency in politics, and the budget. Below are the 6 bills that we have […]

Limiting the Right to Asylum

January 30, 2023 Sunny Robinson

By Sunny Robinson A note: by necessity, this article focuses on policy issues because humanizing policy is what is required of us in the US for solidarity and justice. As you read, try to imagine what it is like to be a migrant, all your […]

Archbishop John Wester, Shailly Gupta Barnes, and Rep. Jim McGovern spoke at the conference on Nuclear War danger, January 21, 2023

Conference Exposes the Social and Economic Costs of the Nuclear Weapons Buildup

January 29, 2023 Jonathan King

by Jonathan King Santa Fe Archbishop John C. Wester’s cathedral sits across from a branch of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, part of a vast operation responsible for the production of nuclear warheads in the United States. The archbishop has been a consistent and leading […]

Justice for Faisal protest, Somerville High School, Jan. 29, 2023 (Cole Harrison/MAPA photo)

On the Killing of Arif Sayad Faisal

January 29, 2023 Hayat Imam

by Hayat Imam As a Bangladeshi American, I am still reeling from this tragedy in our community. The officer involved shooting death of a young man of 20 will have irreparable consequences. His parents, who took the chance to emigrate to the USA just a […]